diff --git a/repos/base-hw/include/base/native_types.h b/repos/base-hw/include/base/native_types.h
index 4c1a2eb94..495d8c203 100644
--- a/repos/base-hw/include/base/native_types.h
+++ b/repos/base-hw/include/base/native_types.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ namespace Genode
 		 * Thread-context area configuration.
 		 */
 		static constexpr addr_t context_area_virtual_base() {
-			return 0x40000000UL; }
+			return 0xe0000000UL; }
 		static constexpr addr_t context_area_virtual_size() {
 			return 0x10000000UL; }